What makes singing different to speaking? Is it inherently better at achieving certain things? Why do we spend so much time singing at church and what would happen if we replaced it with just speaking? Athanasius, a 4th century bishop, wrote a letter addressing some of this.
Read Athanasius's letter here: https://cpcpca.org/wp-content/uploads...
Or here: https://www.theologyethics.com/2016/0...